Coin-register.



M. H. MANDELBAUM.

COIN REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 3. I913- 1',243,619. Patented Oct. 16, 1917.

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COIN REGISTER.

APPLICATXON FILED FEB. 3, 1913.

1,243,619. Patented Oct. 16, 1917.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAURICE H. MANDELBAUM, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COIN-REGISTER.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, MAURICE H. MANDEL- nAuM,a citizen of the United States, and resident of Chicago, in the countyof Cook and State, of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Coin-Regis'ters, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to coin registering mechanism involving what Ibelieve to be a novel principle of operation.

In all registering mechanism with which I am familiar, particularly thatclass where coins are inserted within the mechanism, registration iseffected either by the dropping of the coin or by the manipulation ofsome member necessarily operated as a part of the use of the instrumentto effect registration.

In my construction, which relates particularly to coin registers, thecoins may be deposited and the instrument relieved of all its functions,this without actuating the register mechanism, the latter being eiiectedonly as and when the coin is withdrawn and the construction being 'suchthat it is impossible to withdraw a coin Without actuating the register.

This new principle of construction enables the use of .registermechanisms where a coin or token is employed in a great many situationswhere such use was impractical. As for example, in coin operatedregisters used in telephones of a certain class, the operator must beprovided with a coin of a designated size or Witha token and theoperation of using the telephone efiects the registration. In certainclasses of fare registers also the passenger deposits a coin in theregister and the insertion of the coin actuates the register mechanism.

In my device the coins may be inserted to any number, within a suitablereceptacle, and the register mechanism remains unaffected until thecoins are withdrawn which they may be by the user or custodian of the.instrument at any time, the registration being 'efiected by the factthat upon each with drawal the registering mechanism is actuated andtherefore settlement must be made according to the record thus produced.

I have designed as illustrative of my device a simple form of mechanismcomprising a lobked receptacle which may be a fare register, a registerbox forv an automatic telephone, or any of a plural ty of o her de-Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 16, 1917.

Application 11166. February 3, 1913. Serial No. 745,765.

vices of this sort, and which comprises essentially only a coinreceptacle, a registering mechanism comprising register wheels and anactuating key which effects the discharge of the coins one at a time andat the same time and simultaneously actuates the re ister.

y invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is a vertical section through a coin receptacle and ejectingmechanism such as contemplated by me; V

Fig. 2 is a similar View showing a portion of the registering mechanism;

Fig. 3 is a plan view partly in section of the construction shown inFig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section;

Fig. 5 is a detail end elevation of the register mechanism.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, it will be seen that in oneembodiment of my invention I provide a receptacle 10, having a closure11, which, may be locked or sealed if desired. Within this receptacle Imount the registering and receiving mechaprovided with a slot 14,through which the coins may be inserted. This slot may be protected by aspring 15, to prevent the removal of the coins therethrough. The bottomof the tube is notched as at 16, the notch occupying a space equal tothe width of the coin to be removed therethrough. The tube rests on asupport 17 on which the coins in the tube also rest. The means for.ejecting the coins from the tube may consist of an ejector 18, pivotedat 19, and arranged for limited oscillation against a coil spring 20.This ejector is pivoted to a plunger 21, mounted in suitable ways 22,carried by a frame 23, supported in the receptacle 10, on the standards24. This plunger 21 is normally held in retracted position by means of acoiled spring 25. The plunger rests on the roller bearings 26, by'meansof which frictional resistance is largely eliminated. The means forcausing the forward moveme t of J 28 extends into the slot 33, formed inthe plunger 21, the diagonal face of the vertical plunger normallyresting against a roller 34. lit will be seen that when the key 30 isdep essed, the plunger 21 is advanced carrying a the ej ctor 18, whichejector norm lly is seated behind the coin 35, in the bottom of the tube18. Thereby the coin is ejected and falls to the door of the recepta oleit).

means for registering the number of coins ejected from the tube 13, andalso as means preventing the accidental dis- ..ent of any such coins llprovide a "voted 37, to the cross piece 17, d with a lug 38, projectinginto ne tube l3, and lying in the )ortmn '16 thereof. Thus a coin beejected from. the tube without placing the lug 38 rocking the arm 36.The opposite end of the arm 36 has pivoted thereto a linlr 39, connectedto a rocker d0, pivoted at 41 to a bracket 42, secured to a portion oithe frame 23. @ne arm of the rocker l0 projects into an opening in alever la/best shown in Fig. 5, which lever is mounted for oscillation ona shaft A, which shaft (3 ies number wheels 4:5, i6, constituting theregistering mechanism. Also carried on the shaft l l, is a ratchet wheel4-7, with which a pawl 48, pivotedto the lever 43 coiiperates. The pawlis held in engagement with the ratchet by means of an ex pansion spring4 9. lt will be seen that by the ejection of a coin from the tube 13,the rocker 36 is moved, thus transmitting motion to the link 39, rocker40, lever L3 and ratchet ll. 'lhus motion is transmitted to the numberwheels, which wheels may be or any usual or well known construction. Thetop wall of the receptacle 10 is provided with a window 50, as shown inFig. 2, directly over the number wheels by means of which the amountsset up on the wheels may -be determined.

lfn the use of the illustrated device in connection with street cars, itis contemplated that the passenger shall insert the proper coin in theslot 14. These coins may, if desired, be displaced by the conductor byoperating the key 30, the coins falling into the receptacle 10. However,as each coin is ejected from the tube it is registered on the numberwheels. When the conductors box is turned into the auditor, the coinscannot .be removed from the tube by him except by actuating thekey-operating registering mechanism. Thus, after the fare is collectedfrom the passenger, there is no means for removing the coin from the boxwithout registering the same. It will be noted that it no coins are inthe tube 13, the key may be reciprocated freely without actuating theregistering mechanism. I

As distinguished from ordinary change making machines wherein a givenamount of change may be obtained from the machine while the machineindicates the amount of such change, in connection with which the coinsare simply stacked in tubes or compartments, by the user of the machine,and may as readily be withdrawn from such tubes or compartments, llbelieve i am the first in the to provide a collectingdevice into whichthe predetermined coin, as car-fare, telephone-toll, saleprices, as in afive and ten cent store, may be introduced, through a suitable inlet,but cannot be withdrawn through said inlet, so that the collected coinscan only be obtained from the machine through a discharge apparatusadapted to register the various operations of the discharge, so thatwhile the contents oi the collector are available to its custodian, forexample, the salesman ll'l making change to give the customer, theproper coin for deposit in the collector, there will, however, be aprogressive fined registration of the total amount discharged from themachine so that the amount to be turned in to the proprietor is alwaysshown by the register, plus the remaining contents of the machine, themore convenient method of transacting the business being for thesalesman to discharge from his own device the contents thereofcompletely, and turn in the full amount indicated by the register of themachine devoted to his personal use.

It will be obvious that the application of the device herein describedis only one of many which might be suggested. Therefore 1 do not wish tobe limited to the exact structure herein shown and described.

I claim:

A device of the character described consisting of a portable coincollector and counter including a coin receiving and storing chamberadapted to receive and store a stack of coins of a given denomination,said chamher being formed with a guarded inlet through which the coinsmay be freely insorted into the chamber-at will but out of which saidcoins are permanently prevented from withdrawal, a predeterminednormally closed emergent discharge opening for said storing chamber, ahandle whereby the dcvice may be conveniently held in one hand of theuser, emergent discharge instrumentalities operatively associated withthe coin discharge opening having a thumb actuable means. to b operatedfrom the hand carrying the device for ejecting a single coin at a timefrom the storage chamber at the desire of the user and at a pointaccessible to the other hand of the user, and a coin counter adapted tobe actuated by the releasing of each coin from the chamber toprogressively count and indicate the total number of coins taken fromthe chamber and which added to the coins remaining in the chamber willdenote the rand total of coins collected. M URIOE H. MANDELBAUM.

Witnesses:

CHAS. F. MURRAY, Gno. O. DAVISON.

